PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The
University of Richmond Spiders baseball team used 14 runs and 13 hits to defeat
Atlantic 10 rival Temple on the road Friday night, 14-6. With the win, Richmond improves to 19-16 on
the season overall and to 6-4 in conference play. With the loss, the Owls fall to 13-24 on the
year and to 1-9 in league action.

On the mound, Mayers (6-2) had a solid day for the Spiders. The junior put in seven innings of work
allowing six runs on nine hits. Mayers
struck out nine en route to winning his sixth game of the season. Senior Alex Maffett pitched the final two
innings in scoreless fashion, striking out a pair.

The Spiders struck first on a windy day in
Philadelphia. With two outs, Mayers drew
a walk to get on base for Cowell. On a
2-1 offering, Cowell smashed a deep fly ball to right-center field, missing a
home run by three feet. Instead, Cowell
settled for a run-scoring double, giving the Spiders a 1-0 lead.

After Temple responded with three runs in the bottom of the
first, Richmond came right back to cut in to the deficit in the second. After a leadoff walk to Conway, Forrer hit a
triple to the wall in right center, cutting the Temple lead to 3-2.

In the bottom of the third, the Spiders tied the game with
another extra-base hit. After Mayers
reached on an error and Cowell drew a walk, runners were on first and second
for Ruzbarsky. On a 0-2 count, Ruzbarsky
doubled to deep center field, scoring Mayers from second and tying the game at
3-3.

The Owls took the lead back in the bottom of the third on a
Taylor Juran double. In the next inning,
the Spiders again battled back to tie the contest. With one out, sophomore Mike Small double
down the left-field line and was joined on base by redshirt junior Matt Zink
who reached on an infield single. Two
batters later with two outs, Mayers lined a single to left, tying the game at
4-4 with his 37th RBI of the season.

Trailing by one in the top of the sixth, the Spiders
exploded for six runs to take a 10-5 lead over the host Owls, sending 10
batters to the plate in the top half. In
the inning, Mallory had a two-run double, Mayers hit a one-run double, and
Conway knocked in one with a single.
Richmond also took advantage of a error in right field, allowing two
more runs to score.

The Spiders added another run to its lead in the top of the
seventh. With two outs and a runner on
second, Conway knocked in his second run of the day with a single through the
left side of the infield, pushing the Richmond advantage to 11-5.

In the final two innings, McConnell and Mayers each drove in
a run, while Forrer hit a solo shot in the ninth to give the Spiders their winning
margin of 14-6.

With rain in the forecast for this weekend in Philadelphia,
the schedule for the final two games of the series has been changed. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday, with the first game scheduled for an 11:30 a.m. first pitch.